The Somerset reporter., 1887-12-28
AN ECCENTRIC oIp.rniE PREACHER.

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ne ScWah lahllY are Weil-knoWn clll-
Iens re luin@ IN Augusta. Bath, kenne-
DUNK ana other towns IN Maine. But the
! most famous among them Is Key. lothian
SeWall, or Father SeWall. aS he was
called. Many of the Older Con4rega-
tionall>ts Is different parts of the state
| mention him with reverence and affection,
as the evangelist who led them t. the
Savior and As the apostle who planted
! Their respective churches, and first admin
lStered to them the ordinances Of the
sanctuary.
lothian Sewall was born in York. in
! 100, and was the youngest of the five
children OF Henry and Abigail SeWall
Ills eldest brother General Henry Sewdll.
was soldier of the Revolution, ing
lr~t aS private. He then attained the
rank of captain. and finally WAS placed on
the stail of General Heath. After tie
war, General Scwall settled in August,
and was clerk of the district court ana
register of deeds.
Mr.. Sewail learned the trade of ma
son and worked for several years in that
occupation. / have seen houses in Phip>.
burg, which were pointed onta> buildings
which tather NcWail had constructed.
In lNuo he was ordained an evangelist
ana served efficiently as a missionary more
| luall hdlt ii century, preaching the Cos
pei where few religious privileges hal
been enjoyed, and gathering churches
where scattered professors corld he
brought INTO ecclesiastical organization.
ms territory extended Tor hundreds of
miles, ana however rough the travelling,
or severe The weather he was alWal
puhttuhl 10 his appointments. which were
made oftehtlme> months IN advance. He
was employed hrst by the Massachusetts,
Missionary society, and afterwards by The
Maine society ana he continued in this
service until his death. Nor did he labor
III YAM hundreds oil converts were gath
cred by MN INTO the communion of the
SAINTS. Many OF the churches planted by
NM III course OF time became centres of
aolaih2 rrl@iouN Influence.
rather Sewall was person of marked
appearance and pecullaritics. Rev. George
shepherd, u. d., thus describes him
ne was TAI, large and massive. Digni-
ty, gravity and impressiycness were borne
ON his frame and featurcs-onc of those
robust, compact, Soldly built men, whose
very size and structure il dicated the nat
lively strong and great mind, what
lclt 'ne room a Wlae man he was III the
singular pIeaath Oh ms frame ami IN the
rrach OF MS christian heaft' aS well as III
MS iapor lof Sou's-2road III we ntld
WIic1 uhuer 'iou ne bleSSed-ahd bright
MS crown III heaven
ne was simple III Ills food ana dress;
ana HIS lrattiih9 outhl was fudt ana
cheap An ola horse harnessed to a rick
t'y wagon III lhe summer, ana IN the VIM
yer To an ahtlquated sleigh win quilt
'"l "i'pPinS' ScNee' MS purpose 10 reach
h,''"lN ,ie '''"SI Instant apPolhtilenl
WI ic"N lnS iile house OF one OF lne pfeth-
l' III iIoh1leI lo"n Oh FRANKLIN touh-
~ he san. Shall oe again AT your
nouse III lour weeks from To-day at
cioch' foi uihner ! WISH you would
nav sp'hc p"hcu oeahs ana an lhdlall
i'"'.'tnS anu nave the Puaaih@ served
ilS, !"n!Pi'i az 'Ht '',le apPoiateI' .
MS4ia minutes peief3 '"'lNe' the >tt"H
"'o 'ioi ,', ''i" r" pa wagon "'ie >e'h
'o,,g,,.' a ii,I, .l'ie u'Sl'h' anu ''
l'',''''''S "'''i '''""H "e'e SeINe" III oHe or